Editing Harlan, Iowa (section)

==History==
Harlan was [[plat]]ted in 1858.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA226 | title=Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=White, Edward Speer | year=1915 | pages=226}}</ref> It was named for one of Iowa's early [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]], [[James Harlan (Iowa politician)|James Harlan]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n148 149]}}</ref> Harlan was designated county seat in 1859.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA81|year=1908|page=81}}</ref> The town was incorporated on May 2, 1879.